Inside the shameful history of the 'Lavender Scare,' when the US government embarked on an anti-gay witch hunt and purged thousands of employees

Inside the shameful history of the 'Lavender Scare,' when the US government embarked on an anti-gay witch hunt and purged thousands of employees

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Frank Kameny leads a picket line in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia on July 4, 1965. PBS/The Lavender Scare/Supplied In the 1950s, the US government launched a campaign focused on finding and purging gay government employees. It was prompted due to a misguided idea that gay people were…

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